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Peritonsillar abscess and concomitant COVID-19 in a 21-year-old male
  1. Anders William Sideris1,2,
  2. Niladri Ghosh3,
  3. Matthew Eugene Lam1,2 and
  4. Stuart Grayson Mackay1,4
  1. 1Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
  2. 2Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
  3. 3Infectious Diseases Medicine, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
  4. 4Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Professor Stuart Grayson Mackay; sgmackay{at}ozemail.com.au

Abstract

Transoral drainage of peritonsillar abscess during the COVID-19 pandemic is a high-risk procedure due to potential aerosolisation of SARS-CoV-2. This case describes conservative management of peritonsillar abscess in a 21-year-old male with COVID-19.

  • otolaryngology / ENT
  • medical management
  • infectious diseases
  • global health
  • emergency medicine

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-238104

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors AWS: clinical care of patient, photo acquisition, manuscript writing and editing, approval of final manuscript. NG: Consultant Infectious Diseases physician directing care of patient, manuscript writing and editing, approval of final manuscript. MEL: clinical care of patient, manuscript writing and editing, approval of final manuscript. SGM: Consultant Otolaryngologist Head and Neck Surgeon directing care of patient, manuscript writing and editing, approval of final manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.